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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents | Isabel Wilkerson

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Wilkerson makes the devastating history of caste utterly clear. Combining the U.S. system with India and Nazi Germany history is brilliant. I was especially gobsmacked by some of her real-life examples, from the historical to the personal.

Just go get this and read it!

Full review http://www.TheBibliophage.com #shesaid #booked2021 #antiracistbook #nonfictionchallenge2021 #POCauthor #thebibliophage2021

Cinfhen, Riveted_Reader_Melissa, alisiakae

Bakingbookworm Do you think it would read well as an audiobook? 4y

Cinfhen Great review!! You‘ve inspired me to finally pick this up/ I think I‘ll use my #BOTM credit for this one 😁 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Bakingbookworm I do. But I also wanted to have text to refer to later ... 4y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen It‘s really worth the time! 4y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Great review, some of her examples were eye opening and devastating, especially for anyone how wants to claim there is no racism in America. 4y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Post-racist claims are just ignorant ... and Wilkerson (among others) proves it. 4y

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FantasyChick

We Hunt the Flame | Hafsah Faizal

After taking a good look at my shelves, it turns out most of my #POCAuthor books are female written fantasies and....I'm ok with that

#3books @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🖤🖤🖤 4y

OriginalCyn620 Awesome! 4y

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actualdisneyprincess

Between the World and Me | Ta-Nehisi Coates

This is a long overdue read. #betweentheworldandme #tanehisicoates #pocauthor #requiredreading #learningandlistening

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Kenyazero

I RISE-THE TRANSFORMATION OF TONI NEWMAN | TONI NEWMAN

For #pridemonth2020, I'm highlighting 30 openly LGBTQ+ authors. Toni Newman is a black trans woman and activist advocating on the behalf of sex workers. Her memoir explores her life lived outside the norm and her experience in discovering how to live as herself. #LGBTQvoices #blackvoices #lgbtqauthors #transauthor #BLM #lgbtauthors #transgender #Pocauthor #LGBTQbook #blackauthors

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BookwormAHN

The City We Became | N.K. Jemisin

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I loved this book. The premise of human beings literally embodying a city was both fascinating and quite brilliantly done. Jemisin is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors 💗
#MemoirsAndMysteries #POCAuthor
@BarbaraTheBibliophage

BarbaraTheBibliophage Amazing! I neeeed this ... 😎 5y

Kammbia1 I just started reading this one today. I'm finally reading a Jemisin novel but I love when fantasy novels tells stories set in a city. Charles de Lint has been known for that over the past 3 decades. I'm looking forward to see what Jemisin does with NYC in this novel. 5y

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sprainedbrain

No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America | Darnell L Moore

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Such a powerful memoir!

Moore‘s unique story is honest and introspective, at times heartbreaking and ultimately uplifting. Beautifully written and narrated by the author, this audiobook gave me chills and made me cry.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Using this for #mandmchallenge2020 #POCauthor

BarbaraTheBibliophage

BarbaraTheBibliophage Nice! Thanks for the review! 5y

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Simona

My Fight for a New Taiwan: One Woman's Journey from Prison to Power | Hsiu-Lien Lu, Ashley Esarey

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Lu Hsiu-lien - feminist, activist, politician, former vice-president in the Taiwan government (expected to run for president this year) in this book, which is a mix of her personal memories, explanation of the complex situation between China and Taiwan, describes her struggle for democracy and Taiwan‘s independence. Pick for the content, pan for the writing style ...

Simona @BookwormM #Taiwan #ReadAroundTheWorld (edited) 5y

Simona @Riveted_Reader_Melissa #NonFiction2020 #SomethingAboutACandidate 5y

Simona @BarbaraTheBibliophage #MemoirsAndMysteries #PocAuthor 5y

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa Sound very good. 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Even if the written style is off. 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Really interesting! Stacking. 5y

BookwormM Shame you didn‘t enjoy it 5y

Simona @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @BarbaraThe Bibliophage She's a very interesting woman, a fearless fighter with an unusual life. 5y

Simona @BookwormM I found the content very interesting, but sometimes that is not enough ... 5y

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alisiakae

March: Book Three | Andrew Aydin, John Lewis

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A stunning conclusion to the March trilogy. This one covers the time period from the Birmingham church bombing to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.

These books are a gift, and I am grateful to John Lewis for sharing his memories and experiences. A difficult read at any time, even more so under the shadow of the Charlottesville Unite the Right White supremacist rally, rollbacks to the 🗳 Rights Act, and the current POTUS.🤮 #nonfiction2020

Riveted_Reader_Melissa

alisiakae Fulfills #votingrights for #nonfiction2020 and #POCauthor for #mandmreadingchallenge @BarbaraTheBibliophage 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa Yes to all of that and excellent review! 5y

SaunteringVaguelyDownwards I was excited that this was the First-Year Book the last time I taught freshman composition--it's so useful for teaching rhetorical appeals and visual analysis! 5y

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alisiakae

March: Book One | John Robert Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

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The first volume of March goes backs and forth between the day of Barack Obama‘s inauguration in 2009, and John Lewis‘s childhood and early years in the civil rights movement.

It‘s an extraordinary memoir in graphic novel format, and sparked some excellent conversations with Maya this morning. I‘m looking forward to reading the next two.

#motherdaughterbookclub
#nonfiction2020 #aboutrace
#LitsyAtoZ Letter M #graphicnovel
#pop20 #4starrating

Riveted_Reader_Melissa, BookishMarginalia

alisiakae Also fits #NewSeries prompt for #mandmchallenge2020. Books 2 and 3 will be slotted for #History and #POCAuthor @BarbaraTheBibliophage 5y

BookishMarginalia Love the pins! 5y

alisiakae @BookishMarginalia Thank you! I save all my pins from campaigns and events 😄 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Terrific choices for those prompts! 📚♥️👊🏻 5y

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Cinfhen

Barracoon: The Story of the Last Slave | Zora Neale Hurston

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Such an important piece of narrative history. The story of Cudjo Lewis one of the last African men who was brought over to America on a slave ship. His story was heartbreaking and his life after being “freed” was still fraught & painful. Despite his hardships Cudjo Lewis displayed such dignity & humanity. I HIGHLY suggest the audio as the narrator really captures the flavor of the dialect.
Challenge Prompts below 👇🏼

Riveted_Reader_Melissa, BarbaraTheBibliophage, jenniferw88

Cinfhen #MandMchallenge2020 #POCauthor
#JennyIs30 #Biography
#NonFictionChallenge2020 #AboutRace
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KT1432 I‘m glad I did the audio for this one too! 5y

rockpools I‘m looking forward to getting properly into this - sadly I think it‘ll have to be print though. 5y

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Cinfhen I‘m sure it‘ll still be a very powerful read @RachelO 5y

TrishB I have this on my kindle 👍🏻 but have done two NF in the last week so I‘m definitely on a fiction binge for the rest of the month 😁 5y

Cinfhen Oops, forgot this also works for #OneWordTitle #ReadingWithMrBook @MrBook 5y

Megabooks Thanks for mentioning this one. It has gotten lost in the shuffle of my mind! 5y

Cinfhen It‘s super short @Megabooks but really worth your time!!! Listen to audio 5y

Cinfhen Yes, you‘ve fulfilled your NF quota @TrishB 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa This one has been on my to-read list for awhile now... I must push it up again. 5y

Cinfhen It‘s good @Riveted_Reader_Melissa so I was surprised to see a bunch of negative reviews on GoodReads 5y

MrBook Ooh, sounds like a great one!!! 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Wait, this is a #memoir? I thought it was a #biography ... but it‘s your call. Or was it a #mystery? I‘m glad the audio was good pick. This could work for #finishinaday also, right? 5y

Cinfhen So technically it‘s a biography @BarbaraTheBibliophage BUT it‘s an actual transcript of Codju Lewis‘s words uninterrupted or edited so I took that to be a memoir , for this challenge at least😜 ZNH does give context to their meetings but she never interjects or steers the conversation. It‘s really fascinating and worth listening too. 5y

Cinfhen And yes, it‘s less than 3 1/2 hours on audio and the last 45 minutes is African fables @BarbaraTheBibliophage 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Interesting—it‘s a memoir wrapped in commentary / biography. Good call and glad you liked it! Moving it up my list! 5y

Cinfhen If you can listen to the audio I recommend going that route @BarbaraTheBibliophage 😊 5y

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